Following a drone strike on a hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur region that left over 70 people dead and numerous others injured, the head of the World Health Organization urged on Saturday for a halt to attacks on medical personnel and facilities in Sudan.
Following the Friday strike, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyes tweeted on X that the Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital, the sole operational hospital in El Fasher, offers OB-GYN, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and a nutrition stabilization center.
Tedros reaffirmed his plea for an end to all attacks on Sudan’s healthcare system and for complete access so that the damaged facilities can be quickly restored.
Tens of thousands have been dead, millions have been displaced, and half of the population is now hungry as a result of the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, which began in April 2023 over disagreements about the two forces’ integration.
A humanitarian crisis has resulted from the conflict’s waves of racially motivated violence, which have been primarily attributed to the RSF.
On X, Darfur Governor Mini Minnawi reported that an RSF drone had killed patients, including women and children, in the hospital’s emergency room in the capital of North Darfur.
The RSF and the Sudanese combined forces, which include the army, armed resistance organizations, police, and local defense units, have been engaged in violent fighting in El Fasher.